NEWS ROUND-UP IN THE PICTURE: Kuoni’s new splash
Kuoni’s turn-of-year TV campaign, which was designed to show that it does “more than the Maldives”, features a woman swimming with pink flamingos and golden dragons in a turquoise ocean. She travels to a European piazza, the plains of Africa, Asian temples and past a cruise ship. It follows on from the advert Kuoni produced in the past
two years of a woman walking on water, and opens with the same shot of a tropical island the last one ended on. Marketing director Dean Harvey said: “We’ve increased the
product range and want people to go on holiday with us more frequently. We are more than the Maldives and we want people to be surprised. We’ve created something quite surreal, inspired by the magical world of make believe.” The advert will be shown on TV from Christmas Day and at Kuoni’s 47 stores and 10 partner stores.
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Qantas plans direct London to Perth service for 2018
Qantas will begin flying direct from London to Perth in March 2018 – the first direct, regular passenger flight from Europe to Australia. The airline is deploying new Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners on the route, with a flight time of about 17 hours.
Travel alerts follow Istanbul and Cairo terrorist attacks
Travel alerts have been issued for Egypt and Turkey after terrorist attacks over the weekend. At least 25 people were killed when a bomb went off during a service at Cairo’s main Coptic cathedral. Meanwhile, Kurdish militants claimed responsibility for a double bombing in Istanbul.
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Savvi joins Worldchoice with opening of third shop
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Global Travel Group member Savvi Travel has opened its third shop – but as a member of Worldchoice.
Sales director and owner
Dave Batley said the travel agency had moved more towards selling luxury and tailor-made travel and wanted a consortium that reflected its needs. The shop, in Ampthill,
Bedfordshire, was opened by MP
and former I'm a
Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here contestant Nadine Dorries on December 2, and will employ three staff. Batley said Savvi's two other
stores – in Olney, Buckinghamshire and Oakham in Rutland – are likely to move over to Worldchoice after deals with Global expire in about nine months. The agency has been a member
of Global for five and a half years since it opened. “We are in a different place than we were before.,” Batley said. “We
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are predominantly luxury and we need a consortium that backs that. We need marketing that is more tailored to us. “We had negotiations with
Global, but feel we are now a different animal than when we started [in 2011]. Global has been brilliant to us, but we just felt it was time to move on.” He said Savvi has grown through
good customer service and high levels of repeat business. The new shop has been decked out in “relaxing” colours, with a
lilac backdrop and walnut desks. “People are coming back to the
high street and, despite a recession and Brexit, they are still spending. We just have to position ourselves in the market,” he said. Batley has hired a part-time
agent to work in an existing Savvi Travel store and now employs nine agents across the business. Batley, who has a background in asset management, said: “Travel is a lovely product. When you have the experience you want you are going to come back again and again.”
Savvi Travel: New shop in Bedfordshire
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